E-Rate to Fully Fund Category One and Two Services in 2016
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has announced that there is sufficient E-Rate funding available to fully meet the estimated demand for category one and...
Bureau Releases Guidance on Demonstrating CAF Phase I Deployment Compliance
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released guidance on how price cap carriers that accepted Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase I incremental support...
Draft E-Rate Eligible Services List Released, Comments Due July 5
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released a draft eligible services list (ESL) for the schools and libraries universal support mechanism (E-Rate program)...
FCC Ready To Authorize $4.3 Million in Rural Broadband Experiment Support
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced that it is ready to authorize a total of $4.3 million in rural broadband experiment support...
NECA Modifies Average Schedule Formula, Comments Due June 20
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has invited comments on the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc.’s (NECA) proposed modifications to the mathematical formula used to...
CAF Phase II Auction Headlines FCC May Open Meeting
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced a tentative agenda for its May 2016 open meeting which is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday,...
FCC Releases Density Data For Rate-of-Return Study Areas
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has released density data for rate-of-return study areas that will be used to implement various reforms adopted in the...
Rate-of-Return USF Reform FNPRM Comments Due May 12
On March 30, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Report and Order, Order and Order on Reconsideration, and Further Notice of Proposed...
Total Call Mobile Fined $51 Million For Massive Lifeline Fraud
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture and Order (NAL) against Total Call Mobile, Inc., which proposes...
FCC Releases A-CAM Version 2.2, Commences Competitive Coverage Challenge Process
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has released Version 2.2 of the Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM v2.2), which incorporates the inputs and modifications...
